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I’m the new president of the Texas Institute of Letters!

The most […]

By Chris Barton|2026-04-27T13:41:38-05:00April 27th, 2026|Chris Barton, Texas Institute of Letters|0 Comments

“Advocacy in the Off Season” at TLA, and connecting with Texas authors

Greetings to those […]

By Chris Barton|2026-03-23T21:06:22-05:00March 23rd, 2026|Advocacy in the Off Season, Authors Against Book Bans, Chris Barton, Education Service Centers, How Now Booking, Lone Star Literary Life, SCBWI, Texas Institute of Letters, Texas Library Association, Writers' League of Texas|0 Comments

Celebrating the 32 new inductees into the Texas Institute of Letters

The 32 […]

By Chris Barton|2025-03-02T23:39:03-05:00March 2nd, 2025|Chris Barton, Texas Institute of Letters|0 Comments

Discovering Texas creators of books for young readers

Greetings to those […]

By Chris Barton|2024-06-04T06:04:21-05:00May 31st, 2024|Chris Barton, Cynthia Levinson, Education Service Centers, Lone Star Literary Life, SCBWI, TASLA, Texas Association of School Library Administrators, Texas Institute of Letters, Texas Library Association, Texas library visits, Texas school libraries, Texas school visits, Writers' League of Texas|0 Comments

I’m the new vice president of the Texas Institute of Letters!

There […]

By Chris Barton|2024-05-24T17:06:18-05:00May 24th, 2024|Chris Barton, David Bowles, Texas Institute of Letters|0 Comments

Congratulations to this year’s Texas Institute of Letters award winners!

My home […]

By Chris Barton|2024-03-20T19:20:15-05:00March 20th, 2024|Brigid Erin Flynn Award for Best Picture Book, Chris Barton, Deirdre Siobhan FlynnBass Award for Best Middle Grade Book, Fabulous Prizes, Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book, Texas Institute of Letters|0 Comments

A shoutout to my 4th grade 4th cousin, and more…

By Chris Barton|2021-02-23T07:50:52-05:00February 23rd, 2021|author visits, Barbara Jordan, Beach Lane, Carmen Tafolla, Ekua Holmes, library visits, online author visits, school visits, Shark vs. Train, Simon & Schuster, Texas Institute of Letters, virtual author visits, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|0 Comments

Voice wins Texas Institute of Letters award for Best Children’s Picture Book

What […]

By Chris Barton|2019-03-29T07:44:43-05:00March 29th, 2019|Barbara Jordan, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, Simon & Schuster, Texas Institute of Letters, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|0 Comments

WHOOSH! keeps on going

From […]

By Chris Barton|2017-03-15T17:01:52-05:00March 15th, 2017|Bank Street College of Education, Charlesbridge, Children's Book Council, Don Tate, Every Child a Reader, Lonnie Johnson, National Council for the Social Studies, Nerdy Book Club, Texas Bluebonnet Award, Texas Institute of Letters, The Cooperative Childrenâ€™s Book Center, Whoosh!|0 Comments

The Nutcracker Comes to America is a Texas Institute of Letters finalist

So many friends to root for!

That was my first reaction […]

By Chris Barton|2016-09-28T06:49:31-05:00March 20th, 2016|Cathy Gendron, Chris Barton, Millbrook, Texas Institute of Letters, The Nutcracker Comes to America|0 Comments

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